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Human-Robot Interaction Applied Scientist , Fauna

We are seeking a Human-Robot Interaction (HRI) Applied Scientist to develop cutting-edge interactions that make robots feel alive, personal, and fun. In this role, you will focus on verbal and non-verbal conversational systems, social dynam

Company

Amazon

Location

New York, New York, USA

Status

Open

Posted

2026-08-31T00:00:00+00:00

Amazon's Fauna team in New York is hiring an HRI Applied Scientist to build conversational and social behaviors for robots: turn-taking, grounding, interruption handling, memory and personalization that let a robot adapt to a user over weeks. The work spans large language models, multimodal input and output, reinforcement learning from human feedback, and perception streams such as gaze and gesture. Candidates need a PhD or a master's, three or more years building models, publications, and Python, Java or C++. The role combines research leadership with production deployment and mentoring.